Mara Hvistendahl's Unnatural Selection Finalist for Pulitzer by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesApril 26th, 2012Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men has been cited as one of the best books of 2011 by many publications, and has now been recognized by the Pulitzer Board as a finalist for the General Nonfiction award.

Gene of the Week — Not!by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesMarch 5th, 2012A pair of political scientists who specialize in behavioral genetics demolish a paper for claiming that "two genes predict political voter turnout" and then draw much broader conclusions about the failures of reductionist genomics.

Stem Cell Fraud Is the Real Issue in Texasby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesMarch 2nd, 2012Bioethicist Glenn McGee has resigned from Celltex. His connection with the controversial stem-cell company has raised important issues about its business practices.

Worrying New Signs of Interest in Re-engineering Humansby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesFebruary 23rd, 2012Several academics and defense department employees are actively discussing the idea of engineering people, for warfare, to express social values and even to react to climate change.

Rick Perry, Glenn McGee and Selling Texas Stem Cellsby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesFebruary 16th, 2012Gov. Perry is actively promoting an industry based on adult stem cells, in which Glenn McGee, until recently editor of the American Journal of Bioethics, is now employed.

First Cloned Pet Turns 10by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesFebruary 15th, 2012The first cloned cat was announced 10 years ago this week, but her birth did not herald a successful industry.

Unethical Bioethicists?by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesFebruary 10th, 2012Questions are swirling around the American Journal of Bioethics, whose founder and former editor has moved on to work for a stem-cell company, while his wife moves up to co-editor.

Gene of the Week: Wall Street!by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesFebruary 8th, 2012An article in the Wall Street Journal, citing published research, speculates about the existence of a "Wall Street Gene" and proposes testing for it.

A New Push for Human Cloning in Koreaby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesJanuary 20th, 2012Korean Professor Park Se-pill has confidently announced his intention to clone human embryos and derive stem cells from them, and is even willing to discuss human reproductive cloning.

60 Minutes Exposes Stem Cell Scams — Againby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesJanuary 10th, 2012For the second time in two years, 60 Minutes exposes a stem-cell scam and stresses that these are not isolated instances.

News of the Year 2011by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesDecember 22nd, 2011Sex selection, surrogacy and gamete donation became public controversies; shock waves rocked the stem-cell business; and other news of the year.

Top Biopolitical Times Blog Posts of 2011by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesDecember 22nd, 2011Our favorite posts of 2011: We comment on race and genes in the patent office and the courts; surrogacy and other scandals; prisoners in clinical trials; a porn gene, a Christian gene, and a gene ring; disability justice and cyborg fantasy; sex selection in the US; reverse evolving the chicken; and more.